“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”

“The overall intent is to make everyone sufficiently happy (or in some cases, insufficiently unhappy).”

“When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.”

“Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion - thus:Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.Minor Premise: One man can dig a post-hole in sixty seconds; Therefore-Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a post-hole in one second.This may be called syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.”

“It is presumptuous to draw conclusions about a person from what one has heard”

“Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.”